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A card issuer takes the breach of nationwide fast food retailer Wendy’s into its own hands. Southeastern Michigan credit union has banned all debit and credit transactions conducted at Wendy’s locations until further notice. This is the most aggressive stance we have seen to date regarding breaches and protection by a card issuer. Times are changing, so are attitudes towards credit and debit card breaches. (more…)

This is a good visual description of how credit card processing works. It shows where we, as Merchant Account Providers fit in, and where the fees and rates common in the industry come from.

Not all merchant account providers are created equal though, as you will find. We focus on eliminating as many of the costs to merchants as possible, and in most cases, can cut large margins off credit card processing bills from other account providers. (more…)

Your bank is one of the most relied upon service providers. People must have faith in the place they choose to store their finances. Recent incidents by Wells Fargo employees resulting in almost 6,000 employee terminations and hundreds of millions in fines have once again shaken public trust to the very core. Details of the employee fraud are outlined in this article by Maggie McGrath of Forbes. (more…)

Another merchant to add to the ever-growing list of security breaches surrounding POS systems. Eddie Bauer reports their POS systems were breached at the software level. They discovered malware may have affected transactions in their retail stores from Jan 2 to July 17, 2016. They have since removed the malware.

Much like this article implies, maybe it’s time to think about a better security standard than the PCI-DSS protocols.(more…)

With our successful installation of Clover Mini POS systems at the Fort Wayne Festival in June, we have been given the opportunity by the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Toledo to set up 6 more Clover Mini systems at their festival in Toledo, OH. (more…)